Combination bed, sofa, and chair.



No. 754,150. PATENTED MAR. 8,1904,

H. LEHRER.

COMBINATION BED, SOFA, AND CHAIR.

J APPLICATION FILED SEPT. so, 1903.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT. "OFFICE.

I HARRY LEHRER, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION BED! SOFA, AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Le ters Patent No 754,150, dated March- 8, 1904:.

' Application filed September. so, 1902.

To all whom it may concern: j Be it known that I, HARRY LE RER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of New York, have invented an Improved Combination Bed, Sofa, and Chair, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to folding beds, and has for its object the production of a device which may be folded into a small and compact body and when extended to its utmost limits is what is commonly known as a double bed; but a limited extension produces a single bed or couch, while its dimensions may be further reduced to use it as a crib. The posts of two or more corners may be hinged or pivoted, ,so as to be thrown down and form arms for a chair and the device used as such. These and other objects will be more fully described in the following specification and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification the same reference-numerals refer to like parts in the various figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the same extended to form a double bed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the same folded into its most compact form and the hinged posts folded down, forming it into an arm-chair. Fig. 3 shows the bed partly extended and forming a single bed, couch, or settee. Fig. 4 shows the bed so folded as to form a childs crib, and Fig. 5 is a side view. of one of the brackets used to support the folding sides which constitute the bottom.

\ The four posts .of the bed may-be constructed as shown to give the same the necessary solidity or may be of ordinary piping, such as commonly used, and provided with casters. The two side posts 1 are made in two parts and hinged at 3, and the two sections are normally alined and locked by a pin 4, passing through, the hinged joints. To each of the head and foot posts 1 and 2 is pivoted the end links of a set of lazy-tongs 5, and the pivotal connections with the posts 1 are threaded and provided with clamping-nuts 6, which are adapted to hold the links rigid and lock the 5 lazy-tongs 5 at any desired degree of exten- Serial No. 175,193. (No ma.)

sion. The side posts 1 are connected by a set of lazy-tongs 7, each end of which is pivoted to a post, and these sets of lazy-tongs and the posts constitute the frame of the bed. One end of these sets, of lazy-tongs 7 is also provided with a clamping-nut and pivot-screw 7 to secure a lengthwise adjustment of the bed.

Adjacent to the side posts 1 and pivotedto the sets of lazy-tongs 5 is a set of lazy-tongs 8, which is adapted not only to extend and collapse, but to also swing on its pivots 13 from a. vertical to a horizontal position, or vice versa, and when in a horizontal position acts as a part of the bottom of the double bed and crib or as the bottom of the settee or chair. The posts 2 2 are also connected by a set of lazy-tongs 9, which, like the set 8, is

adapted to-swing to a horizontal or vertical position and is in several of the figures shown as forming the back or side of the article of furniture; The two sets 8 and 9 are used, as in Fig. 1,,to form ,the bottom of the double bed, and in Fig. 4, where the ends of the device are compressed, they still form its bottom. The width of the two sets, however, is not the same, and this permits of the use ofa back of varying height for the article, as desired.

When used as a chair, the set 8. or 9 may be used as a back and the same may be the case when the device is folded for use as a bench.

In Fig. 1 I have shown in dotted lines a mattress placed in position on the bed when the same is opened for use, and in the figures which show anarrangement of the frame for a smaller bed it is obvious that a smaller mattress, may be provided for the same or one mattress divided into sections longitudinally and transversely may fulfil all desirable or ordinary conditions .of adjustment.

The tongs 9, as shown in Fig.4, are not pivoted directly to the posts 2, but they are pivoted to the middle portions of bars 11, and these bars 11 are pivotally connected with the posts 2 by means of horizontally-arranged pivot-pins 12. By this arrangement instead of pivoting the ends of the levers to the posts 2 in the manner shown at the bottom of Fig. 4 the joints of the levers are brought next to the head and foot ends of the frame.

When the sets of lazy-tongs 8 and 9 are used in their horizontal positions, they are each supported by brackets 10, carried by the inner links of the lazy-tongs 5, which of course occupy the same relative position when the links are extended or compressed. In Figs. 3 and 4. are shown pivoted stops 14, carried by the posts 2, which are swung to a horizontal position to limit the backward movement of the set of lazy-tongs 9 when it is-used at the back of a chair or settee.

It is obvious that all the pivotal connections of the lazy-tongs 7 with their posts may be in the nature of clamps or devices for locking the same when the sides are adjusted, and latches or hooks may be provided to retain the sets 8 and 9 in their vertical positions. Various otherminor details-of construction may suggest themselves without departing from the essential ideas of this invention.

I claim as my invention 1'. In a folding bed, the combination of the corner-posts, vertically-arranged lazy-tongs interposed between the posts at the two sides, at the head and foot of the bed, a set of expansible and collapsible tongs swinging on horizontal pivots near one side of the bed and adapted, when swung to a horizontal position and expanded, to form the bottom of the bed, and means for holding the lazy-tongs in their expanded horizontal position.

2. In a folding bed, the combination of the corner-posts, vertically-arranged lazy-tongs interposed between the posts at the two sides and at the head and foot of the bed, two sets of-expansible and collapsible lazy-tongs each swinging on horizontal pivots at opposite sides of the bed and adapted, when swung to a horizontal position and expanded, to form the bottom of the bed, and means for holding the lazytongs in theirexpanded horizontal position.

3. In a folding bed, the combination of the corner-posts, vertically-arranged lazy-tongs interposed between the posts at the two sides and at the head and foot of the bed, inwardlyprojecting brackets carried by the lazy-tongs at the head and foot of the bed and moving therewith as they are expanded and collapsed, and a set of expansible and collapsible lazytongs swinging on horizontal pivots near one side of the bed and adapted, when swung to a horizontal position and expanded, to form the bottom of the bed and to rest on said brackets.

4. In a folding bed,the combination of posts, threaded pivots, thumb-nuts, levers arranged as lazy-tongs and pivoted to the posts by means of the threaded pivots to form the sides and the head and foot of the frame and adapted to be clamped rigidly to the posts when extended to the desired degree to form a bed of certain size, supplemental lazy-tongs arranged along the sides of the frame and adapted to swing from a vertical to a horizontal position and vice versa, means for permitting a swinging action by the supplemental lazy-tongs while being extended or folded and means for supporting same when horizontally disposed.

5. In a folding bed,the combination of posts, pivoted lazy-tongs connecting two of the posts and forming a side of the bed, clamping-bolts connecting the lazy-tongs with the posts and also forming the pivots for the end levers of said lazy tongs, lazy tongs connecting the posts at the head and foot of the bed, clamping-bolts for attaching said lazy-tongs to the posts and which also form the pivots for the end levers thereof, brackets extending inwardly from the lazy-tongs at the head and foot of the bed, and a bed-bottom resting on said brackets.

6. In a folding bed, the combination of posts, lazy tongs connecting the posts, clamping means securing the lazy-tongs to the posts,

brackets carried by the lazy-tongs adjacent to the bed-bottom and extending inwardly beneath it, a set of pivoted levers arranged along the side of the frame and hinged to the foot and head lazy-tongs and adapted to fold down upon the brackets, and hinged bars carried by the posts of the opposite side having lazytongs and adapted to fold down upon the brackets with the opposite lazy-tongs and constitute the bottom of the bed or remain in its vertical position to form the back of an article of furniture while the opposite levers remain in their horizontal position or vice versa. 7. In a folding piece of furniture, the combination of posts with hinged joints, means for retaining the jointed sections in their upright positions, lazy-tongs forming the sides of the article, means for locking the lazy-tongs at any degree of extension, brackets carried by the lazy-ton gs and supplemental lazy-tongs adjacent to two opposite sides of the frame and adapted to be swung on an are so that one set of supplemental lazy-tongs may be swung to a horizontal position for a seat while the other remains vertical for the back.

8. In a folding article of furniture, the combination of posts having hinged sections, means for retaining the sections in a normally upright position, lazy-tongs connecting the posts and forming the sides of the frame, lazy-tongs carried by the posts on opposite sides of the article, adapted to swing ona pivot from a vertical to a horizontal position and varying in height so as to form a seat or a back of desired width,length 0r height, brackets adapted to support the seat and means for retaining the back in its upright position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub scribed my name.

KATHARINE MAGMAHON, WVILLIAM A. STAHLIN. 

